Metallic door or panel for lockers.



PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

R. W. JEFPERIS.

METALLIC DOOR OR PANEL FOR LOGKERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8. 1905.

A'FIIIIIIIII'IIIIIII IIIIIIIII [NVENTOR W/ TNESSES:

UNITED STATES RICHARD W. JEFFERIS, OF

MEROHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO MERRITT AND COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 8,1905. Serial No. 290,891-

METALLIC DOOR OR PANEL FOR LOCKERS- Patented May 22, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. J EFFERIS, of Merchantville, county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement inMetallic Doors or Panels for Lockers and the Like, of which the following is a specification;

y invention relates particularly to the construction of the metallic frame and to the of the sheathing the panel or door of rivets or other which forms the face of without the necessary use positive fastenings.

he omission of. the rivets not only simplifies the construction and improves the appearance, but it avoids the weakening of the sheathing material at the rivet-holes. The sheathing adds to the rigidity of the framework and acts to hold the members thereof against strain, so that the door or panel possesses great rigidity combined with lightness and neatness of appearance.

which are preferably flat bars ends tenoned and riveted in the angle-irons,- asat c;

In the drawings, Figure l is a front eleva-- tion of the frame of a metal door or panel embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line A A of Fig. 1 applied to the frame. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of one of the top corners, illustratin the bending of the metal sheathing over tile frame; and view of the central portion of the door.

The door or panel frame consists of two vertical side irons a a, preferably angle-irons,

and horizontal top and bottom cross-bars b 0, having their d is a crossbar between the irons a. a at the middle, which may also be secured to the irons by riveted tenons and which may act as the support for the handle and lock. To this end it is shown provided with suitable apertures e e. Theends of the cross-bars 1) 0d are shown secured to the vertical angle-irons a a at a distance from the angles of the irons, so as to form the vertical shoulders k k.

f is a metal sheathing, preferablyofstamped sheet metal, having its sides formed with vertical stamped shoulders g g, which fit the shoulders 7c and front face It of the irons (1.. These channels extend the length of the vertical irons a a, but the central portion of the sheathing at the top and bottom between the Fig. 6 is a perspective edges 1, '1. are then bent in over the flanges a a,"

tsee Figs. 5 and 6 and dotted linesin Fig. 2)

and the top and bottom edges 7;. are bent over" (See Fig. 5 and dot- 1 3.) The door or panel is then the cross-bars band 0. ted lines in Fi complete, .an no rivets or other fastenings are required to secure the sheathing to the ame.

The engagement of the bent portions 1', and h with the and the cross-bars b 0 causes the sheathingto act to bind the members of the framework together and to resist strains, so that the sheath ing adds materially to the strength and rigidity of the door or panel as a Whole.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows: I

1. A door or panel for metal lockers and the like, consisting of a pair of vertical angleirons, connected at the top and bottom by cross-bars, and a metal sheathing having its vertical side edges bent over the front flanges ofthe vertical angle-irons and its u per and lower edges bent over the top and bottom crossbars.

2. A door or panel for metal. lockers and the like, consisting-of a pair of vertical angleirons, connected at the top and bottom by cross-bars secured at their ends to said angleirons at a distance in from their an ular edges to form vertical shoulders, an a metal sheathing provided with vertical shoulders fitting over the shoulders of the angle-irons and havin its vertical side edges beyond said shoulders ient over the front flanges of the vertical angle-irons and its upper and lower edges bent over the top and bottom crossbars.

3. A door or panel for metal lockers and the like, consisting of a frame composed of vertical angle-irons a a and cross-bars b 0 securedto said angle-irons at their ends at a distance in from the angles of said irons to form shoulders k, and a sheathing of sheet lateral flanges a of the side irons metal having its sides formed with stamped shoulders g fitting over the shoulders k of the angle-irons and its edges beyond said shoulders bent about the front flanges of said angle-irons.

4. The metal frame for doors and panels of lockers and the like, composed of; parallel irons, and cross-bars fastened at their ends to the inner side faces of said irons at a distance.

in from the outer front faces to form shoulders at the corners of said irons.

5. The metal frame for doors and panels of lockers and the like, composed of parallel irons, and cross-bars fastened at their ends to the inner side faces of said irons at a distance in from the outer front faces to form shoulders at the corners of said irons, in combina tion with a' sheathing fitted over said shoulupper and lower edges bent over the tops of the cross-bars between said side bars.

In testimony of which invention I here- 30 unto set my hand.

RICHARD W. JEFFERIS.

Witnesses P. T. Amen, H. S. BARNES. 

